Nutrition and Health

The Nutrition begins from Child Birth:

    American academy of pediatrics  suggests  breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months, then breastfeeding in addition to the start of solid foods for at least a year. Breastfeeding can help protect babies against some short-and-long term illness and diseases. Breastfed babies have a lower risk of asthma, obesity, type1 diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome. Breast fed babies are also less likely to have ear infections and stomach bugs. Breast milkshakes antibodies from the mother and her baby, helps to develop a strong immune system and protect from illness.

The Journey of good health and nutrition starts from birth.

    Healthy eating doesn’t have to be overly complicated. It seems that for every expert who tells you a certain food is good for you, you’ll find another saying exactly the opposite. The truth is that while some specific foods or nutrients have been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood, it’s your overall dietary pattern that is most important. The cornerstone of a healthy diet should be to replace processed food with real food whenever possible. Eating food that is as close as possible to the way nature made it can make a huge difference to the way you think, look, and feel

Nutrition is a basic human need and a prerequisite for healthy life.

    A proper diet is essential from a very early age of life for growth, development and active life. Nutrition is the science that deals with all the various factors of which food is composed and the way in which proper nourishment is brought about. The average nutritional requirements  of people are fixed and depend on such measurable characteristics such as age, sex, height, weight, degree of activity and rate of growth. The following vitamins and minerals are required for our human body.

Vitamin A: It is a fat soluble vitamin that is useful for proper function of the immune system, vision and cell growth and differentiation.

Vitamin B1: It is a vitamin that the body requires for energy metabolism and for cell growth, function, and development..

Vitamin B2: (Riboflavin) It is a vitamin that the body needs to produce energy and facilitate cell growth, function, and development.

Vitamin B3: Or Niacin, is a B vitamin that the body uses to convert food into energy and store it. 

Vitamin B12: Or cobalamin, is a vitamin that helps you break down food for energy. 

Vitamin C: (also termed ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant vitamin that your body needs to maintain healthy bones, skin, and muscles. 

Calcium: Is a critical mineral that helps make up your teeth and bones.

Chromium: is a so-called trace mineral, meaning humans require small amounts of this nutrient. Your body uses chromium to regulate blood sugar. 

Vitamin D: is a fat-soluble vitamin that the body needs to regulate cell growth, combat.  inflammation, and enhance immune function that may help your body to fight infection (even viral infections like coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2). 

Vitamin E: Is an antioxidant vitamin that protects cells against free radicals. Pregnant women need adequate levels of folate to have healthy babies. 

Folate: Is a B vitamin. Natural sources are found in green leafy vegetables, nuts, meat, poultry, beans, fruit, seafood, eggs, grains, liver, spinach, asparagus  

Vitamin K: is a nutrient that is necessary to maintain healthy bones. . 

Iodine: Is a trace mineral that is critical for the proper function of the thyroid 

Iron: Is a mineral that is critical in the body because it is a constituent of hemoglobin.

Magnesium: Is a mineral that is used in more than 300 enzyme reactions in the body. 

Potassium: Is a mineral that serves as an electrolyte in the body.

Selenium: Is a trace mineral your body needs for proper functioning of the thyroid gland and immune system.

Zinc: Is a mineral that is necessary to maintain your senses of taste and smell. 

What is a healthy diet?

    Eating a healthy diet is not about strict limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, and boosting your mood.

Balanced Diet:

    As indicated, vitamins and minerals are very important sources of good nutrition and good health. Every vitamin and mineral is performing different types of activity to keep a healthy body. However, the proportion is different. Over consumption in particular will cause negative results. Consulting a nutrition or dietitian is almost as important as consulting doctors.

Conclusion

    To conclude, for a healthy lifestyle it is always suggested that one should empty their digestive system before their first meal of the day (ideally one's breakfast). Although the above said Vitamins and Minerals are required to be taken for a healthy and a well balanced health, it is very important to follow a healthy schedule of "when to eat" and "what to eat" depending on various aspects of one's self.